Research has shown that the first five years play an enormous role in a child’s ongoing development and future success. Since most kids are in a child care or preschool setting while their parents are at work, it’s critical that we invest in a high-quality early education system that provides the experiences kids need for healthy development.
I asked Andrew Turner, Wisconsin’s Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTTT-ELC) Grant Manager, to provide a summary of progress on early learning system building so far in the 4-year grant. Here is a what he provided. Enhancing Early Learning Systems Public private: Working in consultation with early childhood coalitions and...
WCCF has released a report on the impact of the 7-year freeze of child care payment rates in Wisconsin Shares: Child Care Rates The freeze has negative implications for the quality and stability of child care programs, the services children are receiving, and the ability of parents to afford child care.The report includes an analysis of...
The 2012 child care market survey made available recently shows the impact of frozen child care payment rates in the Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy program.
As the fall colors begin to glow, I thought I would focus on some of the recent progress in Wisconsin’s early learning and development landscape. In the midst of increasingly partisan battles at state and national levels, and after disappointing results in the state’s biennial budget, here are six encouraging trends.YoungStar: 65% of...
Wisconsin has been awarded an additional $15.5 million in grants to strengthen the state’s home visiting efforts. The largest is an expansion grant for $6.7 million in year one and $7.2 million in year two. That grant, from the Department of Health and Human Services, is funded through the Affordable Care Act.Once again Wisconsin has...
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